Sales Manager

ZEBA GARDEZI

**** *. ******* **.******, California 92869

Home 714-***-****; Cell 714-***-****

SUMMARY

Highly motivated tax professional with Big Four public accounting and industry experience. Technical expertise in state and local, franchise

and federal corporate taxation. Skilled in serving clients across multiple industries including business information, retail, manufacturing and

food services. Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, meet tight deadlines and effectively communicate with

multiple audiences.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

DELOITTE TAX LLP, Costa Mesa, California

Senior Tax Analyst 2006 – 2010

• Consulted on complex state and local tax issues for $50 million -$6 billion global and domestic, private and publicly-held clients in

multiple industries.

• Served as acting Manager on multi-state compliance project for $6 billion publicly held business information client with 700+ state

and local income tax returns and 300+ legal entities. Supervised staff of 12 US and India-based professionals and managed

resources and profitability.

• Supervised teams of 3 - 12 staff, providing coaching, training, performance evaluations and suggestions for development.

• Conducted 8 week staff development assignment in India to train 12 staff on various state and local topics including apportionment

and fed/state adjustments in order to support state and local tax services for US-based clients.

• Reviewed multi-state separate and combined/consolidated corporate income and franchise tax returns and FAS109 provisions.

• Performed research and analysis of various state and local technical tax issues and prepared documentation.

• Performed state income and franchise tax nexus studies, including voluntary disclosure agreements.

• Managed and conducted state income and franchise tax audits with regulatory personnel.

• Conducted state tax planning and restructuring to minimize state income and franchise taxes for various public and private clients.

• Analyzed and documented uncertain tax positions related to state and local income and franchise tax issues

EXPERIAN, Costa Mesa, California

Senior Tax Analyst 2001 – 2006

• Prepared consolidated and proforma federal (Form 1120) corporate income tax returns.

• Prepared over 50 separate and combined corporate income and franchise tax returns.

• Prepared state apportionment schedules and reconciled to federal return. Coordinated with Accounting Department to obtain

required tax data,

• Managed and maintained CorpTax software for tax department.

WESTEC SECURITY GROUP, INC., Newport Beach, California

Tax Accountant 1997– 2000

• Prepared federal, multi-state and city corporate income and franchise tax returns and workpapers.

• Managed multi-state and local sales/use tax returns allowing the corporation to meet stringent compliance regulations.

• Managed data collection process to prepare over 800 personal property tax returns.

• Managed and conducted sales/use tax audits with regulatory personnel resulting in minimal audit adjustments.

MCGAW, INC., Irvine, California

Tax Staff Accountant 1994- 1997

• Prepared multi-state and local sales & use and Canadian GST & PST tax returns; Managed sales tax audits; Researched various

topics regarding business transactions that have sales and use tax impact.

EDUCATION:

University of Phoenix, Fountain Valley, California

Bachelor of Science in Accounting

CERTIFICATION:

Enrolled Agent - enrolled to represent taxpayers before the Internal Revenue Service

TAX AND ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE & OTHER APPLICATION SKILLS:

Proficient with CorpTax, Insource, Vertex, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Fluent in Farsi

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